Monday, July 6, 2015
Finance Minister Mahat for banning industrial strikes, shutdowns for at least 10 yrs
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Kathmandu, July 6: Finance Minister Dr Ram Sharan Mahat has underlined
the need of creating a base for taking the country towards economic
progress through the new constitution.
Taking part in deliberations on the proposal tabled
at the Constituent Assembly (CA), seeking permission to publish the
draft constitution in Nepal gazette for people's feedback in today's CA
meeting, he stressed the new constitution should have a clear provision
banning the announcement of shutdowns and strikes for at least ten years
so to protect business sector from losses.
Any activity causing obstructions in the country's
economic development be totally prohibited, he stressed. Matters
relating to improvement of people's livelihood, strengthening of state
coffers, implementation of progressive tax system, maximum utilisation
of domestic skills, labour and resources with bringing in foreign
capital, technology and skills be incorporated in the new constitution
so as to boost up national economy, he said.
The presentation of the first draft of the
constitution to the Constituent Assembly was a positive move, but still
amendments to some points are needed, the Finance Minister said, adding
that draft is silent regarding the exercise of 30 fundamental rights
included in it. He was of the view that nation cannot be prosperous in
absence of foreign investment and added that the subject should be
included in the state's directive principles.
CPN (UML)'s Amrit Kumar Bohara argued that the
constitution draft is inclusive as it has talked about the basic affairs
of all the indigenous nationalities, ethnic community and women. "But
still some issues are left to be included in the draft and they should
be covered through due process, he said," underlining the need of
holding the local body poll within the next six months and making the
Parliamentary Hearing system more effective.RSS
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